Exam question 1 · Your amazing brain and senses

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the utilisation of the human brain?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, utilise · To what, where: utilisation, human brain

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 utilisation	det
10	utilisation	utilisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 brain	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 brain	det
13	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 brain	amod
14	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 utilisation	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the utilisation of the human brain	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	utilise		the human brain		nom utilisation «act transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Virtually the entirety of the brain is employed, its regions active at differing times

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Virtually	virtually	ADV	_	3 entirety	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 entirety	det
3	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employed	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 brain	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 entirety	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 employed	aux:pass
8	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 active	punct
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 regions	nmod:poss
11	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 active	nsubj
12	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 employed	conj
13	at	at	SCONJ	_	14 differing	mark
14	differing	differ	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 active	advcl
15	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 differing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		the entirety of the brain					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	differ	gerund					time		vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

One hemisphere remains wholly inactive throughout life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hemisphere	nummod
2	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	5 inactive	advmod
5	inactive	inactive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remains	xcomp
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	7 life	case
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inactive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	One hemisphere					inactive property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Merely ten percent of the brain is employed at any time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Merely	merely	ADV	_	2 ten	advmod
2	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 percent	nummod
3	percent	percent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employed	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 brain	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 percent	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 employed	aux:pass
8	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 time	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		ten percent of the brain			time		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The brain ceases all activity during sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 brain	det
2	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 activity	det
5	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	obj
6	during	during	ADP	_	7 sleep	case
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the brain	all activity			during sleep		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality activity=Eventuality

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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